stanley-turner



UNrrn rrArns J. STANLEYTURNER, OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To382,338, dated liay 8, 1888.

Application filed April 12, 1F87. Serial No. 234,490. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom i6 may concern.:

Beit known that I, J. STANLEY TURNER, of Rockland, county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Lasts, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

In the manufacture of Welted boots and shoes it has been common to last the shoe in the usualmanner, attach a Welt, and then secure the outer sole to the Welt by a line of stitches. In` securing the outer sole to the welt by a sewing machine-such, for instance, as the Campbell-the last must be withdrawn in order to permit the needle to penetrate the outer sole substantially vertically along the inner side of the' shank of the boot or shoe, and after the outer sole has been stitched the last must again be inserted into the shoe in order that the shoe may be passed through subsequent processes usual to its completion. The removal and insertion of the last, as stated, besides adding to the expense ol' manufacturing in the value of time consumed by the employ, oftentimes injures or destroys the lining of the boot or shoe.

This invention has for its object to construct a last which may be retained Within the boot or shoe when the outer sole and welt are being connected together.

Every last has what is called a block, constituting a part of the top of the last, it being movable. In accordance with this invention, the last-block, instead of being cut wholly from the top of the last, as heretofore, is eut from the main body of the last, mainly upon the long or inner side of the shank. The lower edge ol' the last-block extends substantially to the edge of the bottom of the last, so that when the last-block is removed the main body of the last remains within the boot or shoe, and the upper can vvbe pushed back along the inner or Iongshank side of the last of the last shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line m x,- and Fig. 3, a modification to be referred to.

The last A is and may be made of any usual shape, size, or material. The last-block is formed by removing or cutting from the main bodyb of the last a portion, as represented by u, the line of the cut being at an angle with relation to the plane ofthe bottom of the last, as best shown in Fig. 2, the line of cut eX- 6o tending from the bottom of the last, or nearly so, upon the innerer long-shank side of the last upward to a point near the instep portion ofthe last, but upon the opposite side thereof.

The block a, formed, as described, to form the inner or long'shank side ofthe last, when removed or displaced, permits the upper of the boot or shoe to be pushed back from immediately over the main body b of the last, enten ing the space leftby the removal or displace- 7o ment of the last`block, to thereby expose the Welt and outer sole upon the long-shank side of the shoe to the action of the needle of a shoe-sewing machine.

In the manufacture of a boot or shoe, when it is desired to secure an outer sole or to stitch the outer sole or welt together, the last-block a Will be removed or displaced to permit the needle of the sewingmaehine to penetrate the edge of the outer sole entirely about the fore 8o part and the shank portion of the boot or shoe.

I may, if desired, cut the last-block a from the main body somewhatl differently from that shown in Fig. 2such, for instance, as shown in Fig. 8in which instance both sides of the 85 last are cut away to be removed as a compo nentpart of the last-block.

By cutting off the block in themanner described the strength of the main body of the last is materially increased.

I claim-'-A 1. In a., last, the main body portion, combined with a last-block cut from the main body portion upon therinner or long-shank side thereof, substantially as and for the purposes 95 i specified.

2. In a last, the main body portion, combined with a last-block cut from the side of the main body portion on a line at an angle With relation to the plane of the bottom of the last, roe

the said dividing-1in@ upon the 10mg-shank I side of the last substantially coinciding with the bottom of the last, as set forth.

3. Alast having a displaceable portionr at 5 its long-shank side, to operate as and for the Witnesses:

, BERNICE J. NoYEs,

l F. L. EMERY.

to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J. STANLEY TURNER.

purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 

